Issouf ag Maha (
Agadez
Agadez ( Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, ''Agadaz''), formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. The capital of Agadez Region, it lies in the Sahara desert, and is a ...
, February 27, 1962) is a
Niger
)
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, languages_type = National languages[Tuareg
The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Alg ...](_blank)
writer.
In his works, he talks about the tragedy of his people in
Arlit
Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. It is 200 km south by road from the border w ...
region and criticises the
uranium
Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weakly ...
exploitation, as well as the unusual
Kolleram cardboard phenomenon. He served in the Nigerien Army in the mid-to-early 1980s, in order to save up money for publishing his own books, and to support his family and wife.
Works
* ''Les Mystères du Niger'' (La Cheminante, 2004)
* ''Touaregs du XXI
e siècle'' (Grandvaux, 2006)
* ''Touareg. Le destin confisqué'' (Tchinaghen Editions, Paryż 2008)
References
1962 births
Berber Nigeriens
Living people
Tuareg people
Nigerien writers
People from Agadez
Berber writers
Date of birth missing (living people)
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